VIRUS DAMAGE WORST ON RECORD FOR AUGUST 2003

Thanks to the havoc that Sobig-F and the Blaster worms wreaked, August reportedly has gone down as the worst month in digital history for virus attacks. In August 2003, viruses, along with overt and covert hacker attacks, caused $32.8 billion in economic damages, according to a report from mi2g, a digital risk assessment company based in London. Mi2g also notes that the Sobig virus alone accounted for $29.7 billion of economic damages worldwide. Source: http://cyberatlas.internet.com/big_picture/applications/article/0,,1301_3071131,00.html